Allan Lasser
Head Of Product at MuckRock Foundation
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolAllan Lasser is a product and design leader with 11 years of experience building user-centered web products for news, science, and nonprofit organizations. Currently Head of Product at MuckRock Foundation and principal of his studio Lasser Design, he blends hands-on front-end engineering with strategic product leadership to ship elegant interfaces and robust back-end systems. He co-founded Massive Science to help scientists communicate more clearly and previously led design and development at MuckRock, giving him deep expertise in public-interest tech and information access. Allan’s background as a Senior UX Engineer at TakeShape underscores his focus on tooling that expands creative possibilities on the web. Based in Indianapolis, he pairs a BA in Computer Science and American Studies with a practice that spans consulting, product strategy, and code—often favoring small teams and mission-driven projects. A detail not obvious from titles: he runs a studio that routinely builds production-ready systems for startups and nonprofits, combining consultancy with active product ownership.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Computer Science American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Computer Science American Studies at Boston University
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Github Skills (59)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
MuckRock/whitewash
Dec 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:174 commits in 4 months
allanlasser/allanlasser.com
Jan 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:35 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
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